Cameron Smith

Seeing is Beliebing. That was the general principle behind an amazing promotional poster using Justin Bieber's mugshot that should result in Ankeny (Iowa) Centennial High's girls track and field team competing for a state title if there's any justice in this world.

In an effort to encourage girls to come out for his team this season, Centennial coach Andrew Kruzich concocted a tongue-in-cheek poster with the following message (h/t USA TODAY): “JUSTIN BIEBER NEVER RAN TRACK. NOW HE’S IN JAIL. Coincidence? Don’t Beliebe it. Don’t end up like Bieber. Run track.”

Naturally, the running community has embraced Kruzich's creativity, transforming a simple poster into a viral phenomenon. He has tracked the campaign's success in a few updates on the team website, including his dream of getting Bieber to sign a copy of the poster that could fetch enough on eBay to pay for an indoor track facility. He wrote:

The uneven bars are hard enough with two hands, but Kirkland (Wash.) Juanita High junior Amelia "Millie" Andrilenas is making gymnastics look easy with just one.

The top scorer among 27 gymnasts on Juanita's team, Andrilenas hasn't let a congenitally malformed left hand stop her from winning a statewide competition before the age of 13, qualifying for the state meet as a sophomore and winning the all-around competition in one of her first three meets this season, according to a fantastic Seattle Times feature.

"It doesn’t matter if you have any ‘issues,’" the 17-year-old told the paper. "If you really want to do something, if you want it with your whole life, you can do it. If people are there to help you, it’s really nice. But if you really want it, you could do it by yourself."

Andrilenas scored an 8.5 on the vault and a 9.0 in her floor routine at the Class 2A/3A state meet as a sophomore and is well on her way to qualifying once again this February.

My parents always told me that all good things come to an end, and for me, Prep Rally has always been a very good thing. For better and for worse, now it's come to an end for me.

When I started this blog for Yahoo Sports three-and-a-half years ago, I sat down with a pair of sports blog editors and came up with a strategy we thought would present compelling content that would help people connect with prep sports. We never imagined it would become what it has.

It goes without saying that these stories are captivating because they showcase the best of the human spirit. In truth, prep sports tend to do that all the time. We shouldn't read and write about school sports simply because they are sports; we should read and write about school sports because they showcase the best of sports, and ourselves.

As for myself, I'll be writing again sometime soon, though I can't say precisely where or when yet. In the meantime I would love if people follow me on Twitter right here. I'll be tweeting about the best and worst of prep sports and plenty of other fun moments in sports.

Remember Casey Clausen? Sure you do. The former University of Tennessee quarterback and older brother of Rick Clausen and Jimmy Clausen, both former starting college quarterbacks in their own right. While the youngest Clausen is still technically on an NFL roster — Jimmy Clausen was put on Carolina’s injured reserve in August — both Casey and Rick have remained active in football by serving as assistant coaches at Oaks Christian High (Westlake, Calif.).

If that seems like an indication that the new middle school policy in Kanawha County might be at odds with social expectations, it doesn’t mean that it wouldn’t be embraced. Some advocates of the policy proposed by school board member Becky Jordan have been very vocal in their support of equal participation across the board.

The video you see above showcases a buzzer beater, but it came with a very different prize that your typical late-game victory. This time it brought $500.

As reported by USA Today's Scott Allen, Athens High (Athens, Ill.) student Madi Epperson hit a four-shot sequence in 30 seconds as part of a halftime contest with a prize of $500. After easily knocking down a layup and hitting her second free throw attempt, Epperson connected on her first shot from behind the three-point line.

That left just a half-court shot between Epperson and some cool cash. The teen had just enough time to hoist up two attempts. The first fell short, but an outlet pass sent to her from a rebounding school official under the basket gave her just enough time to gather, dribble and fire.

The result was another early season buzzer beater from a girls basketball player, this one just came during a boys hoops contest. Epperson didn't even have to go to the bank on her mid-court heave; she watched the swish and then could take her money to the bank instead.

Among all the qualifications needed to be the head football coach at Bishop O'Dowd High (Oakland), the school seems to put special emphasis on one very specific trait: they must have NFL experience. While that wouldn’t seem to be necessary for teaching high school players the ropes, its a background that both departing coach Hardy Nickerson and incoming head man Napoleon Kaufman share.

If a team is facing a fourth down with just seconds left on the clock in a football game, doesn’t it always seem like the easiest way to seal the win would be to have the quarterback take the snap and just run around the backfield until time runs out? Well, one Virginia team tried that exact plan, and to say that things didn’t go as expected would be quite an understatement.

The video you see above chronicles the eventful final 6 seconds of a Northern Virginia playoff game between Briar Woods High (Ashburn) and North Stafford High (North Stafford). Briar Woods held a 27-19 lead and was facing a 4th-and-14 on North Stafford’s 35 yards line. Faced with the choice of punting the ball away or trying to run out the clock, Briar Woods decided on the latter.

The touchdown was part of a Creeks rout of Ward 5, a squad from Washington, D.C., in a Pee Wee Division II national semifinal. You can watch a full replay of the game here via Watch ESPN if you choose.

It remains to be seen if Creeks can win the title, but we're glad that the Outlaws have another game in the Pee Wee Division II championship on Saturday just so Deny can try and outdo himself. That will be no small feat.